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MediaArtsHistories and Futures
International - low-residency – Master of Arts – Starts September
2019

Deepening praxis and critical comprehension of the digital
developments
in contemporary art

An interdisciplinary field at the intersection of art, science,
technology and the humanities, MediaArtHistories examines scientific
discovery and technological innovation emerging in art praxis, as well
as the genealogies of their historical development and context. At a
time when digital technologies are fundamentally revolutionizing the
very ways in which we communicate, interact, and perceive images, the
MediaArtHistories program trains students from diverse backgrounds to
critically analyze the plethora of visual media cultures of today.

CONTENT
Courses cover Media Art genres such as Net, Telematic and Genetic Art
as well as the most recent reflections on Nano, Bio and Transgenic
Art,
Video Games, Computer Graphics and Animation, Virtual Reality,
Augmented
Reality, and Intelligent Environments, Hacktivism and Tactical Media,
Performance, Glitch Art, Hybrid Art and Robotics. MediaArtHistories
offers a basis for understanding the evolutionary history of media,
from
historic examples such as the Laterna Magica and Mechanical Automaton
of
the 17th century, to computer art at the earliest stages of the
Internet
in the mid-Twentieth Century and the algorithmic art of today. Special
attention is given to the challenges of documentation and preservation
of these born-digital, ephemeral and multifarious works. Explored in
depth are key methods and theory from Digital Humanities, Image
Science,
Media Archaeology, Sound Studies, the Intellectual History of Science
&
Technology, and Digital Gender Theory. Excursions, and on site faculty
seminars, introduce students to the main cultural heritage
institutions
in the field, such as Ars Electronica and ZKM, archives such as the
Archive of Digital Art (ADA www.digitalartarchive.at), festivals such
as
Transmediale, and the Media Art market.

The program is a two-year low-residency, either 90 or 120 ECTS Master
degree offered in English. In addition to individual study and project
work at your home location, students gather 2-3 times a year for
intense
seminar modules with internationally renowned media artists and
scholars. These enriching sessions take place at Danube University or
another European location relevant to the community of media art, such
as Linz, Austria as well as Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany.

BRAIN TRUST
MediaArtHistories program faculty include: Irina ARISTARKHOVA, Andreas
BROECKMANN, Andres BURBANO, Sean CUBITT, Oliver GRAU, Monika
FLEISCHMANN, Francesca FRANCO, Darko FRITZ, Jens HAUSER, Kathy Rae
HUFFMAN, Erkki HUHTAMO, Ryszard KLUSZCZYNSKI, Andreas LANGE, Martina
LEEKER, Christopher LINDINGER, Wolf LIESER, Roger MALINA, Lev
MANOVICH,
Nat MULLER, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Frieder NAKE, Jussi PARIKKA, Christiane
PAUL, Ana PERAICA, Margit ROSEN, Christopher SALTER, Paul SERMON,
Edward SHANKEN, Jeffrey SHAW, Christa SOMMERER, Morten SONDERGAARD,
UBERMORGEN, and others.

Since its beginnings in 2006, Danube University’s prestigious
MediaArtHistories MA has offered its students both a deeper critical
comprehension and a practical orientation regarding the most important
developments of this most contemporary art, by building on its faculty
network of renowned international theorists, artists, and curators.
These faculty come from across the globe to give seminars during the
modules held at Danube University, and from their home universities
maintain through online network and project collaboration
individualized
instruction with students throughout the program.
www.mediacultures.net/mah 

STUDY in EUROPE
The low-residency modularized teaching system allows working
professionals to maintain their usual employment, and gives students
entering directly after a Bachelor degree the opportunity to gain
valuable career experience while they study. Modules take place on the
main campus and at the Center for Image Science housed at the Göttweig
Abbey. The Danube University is located in the UNESCO World Cultural
Heritage “WACHAU” and offers a spectacular backdrop for learning
and
living.
The Department for Image Science holds important resources of the
field
like the largest international Archive of Digital Art:
www.digitalartarchive.at and the MediaArtHistories Conference Archive
www.mediaarthistory.org/maharchive and integrates its cutting-edge
research projects into teaching.

STUDENTS
International students to our program have come from locations
including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany,
Iceland, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and
USA.
Alumni of the program are employed not only as freelance curators,
creative designers or working artists, but also at renowned cultural
sector institutions like: Austrian National Library, Süddeutsche
Zeitung, Chicago Art Institute, Deutsche Kinemathek, ETH Zürich, Ars
Electronica, ITAU Cultural, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Pinchuk
Art
Centre, Hive Advertising, imai, Polytechnic Museum – Moscow,
Smithsonian, Techne, and more. www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahstudents 

MODULES: Sept 6-18, 2019/ Dec 2-11, 2019 / May 4-13, 2020 / Sept
21-30,
2020

INTERNSHIP: (MAH-Advanced only) some time between May 2020 - May 2021

MASTER THESIS: Jan 2021 – April 2022

APPLICATION (digital) and FUNDING POSSIBILITIES
Acceptance into the program requires either a Bachelor degree (or
higher), or equivalent relevant work experience. Requirements:
application form, letter of motivation, copies of previous degree(s)
or
employment validation, copy of passport and Europass CV. An
application
interview is required, which may be conducted in person or through
internet videoconferencing. Resources for funding possibilities and
estimated costs: Application Form
( http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/application/) , Resources for
funding possibilities and estimated costs
( http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/fees_fundung/) 

MediaArtHistoriesResearch on Facebook
( https://www.facebook.com/groups/377264145713664/) 

Primary contact:
Wendy Jo Coones, M.Ed.
Head of Teaching & Coordination : MediaArtHistories / Media Arts
Cultures / Exhibition Development
Department for Image Science ~ Danube University Krems
Telefon +43 (0)2732 893-2543 ~ skype: wcoones
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
wendy.coones(at)donau-uni.ac.at http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis 

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Dear List Members, 
 
we would be delighted by your interest in our collective work, now
published as e-book.

Oliver GRAU (Ed.) / Wendy COONES / Viola RÜHSE
Museum and Archive on the Move
Changing Cultural Institutions in the Digital Era

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY:
Okwui ENWEZOR, Sean CUBITT, Christiane PAUL, Oliver GRAU, Lev MANOVICH,
Sarah KENDERDINE /Jeffrey SHAW, Jorge WAGENSBERG, Viola RÜHSE, Dieter
BOGNER, Erkki HUHTAMO, Ryszard W. KLUSZCZYŃSKI, Youngjin LEE, Wendy
COONES,  Morten SØNDERGAARD, Andreas BROECKMANN, Harald KRAEMER, Lutz
ENGELKE / Anja OSSWALD

English, DeGruyter, Munich/New York
ISBN  978-3-11-052963-0  - 324 pp. 
DeGruyter:
https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/480930?result=1&rskey=UUEo70 


The digital revolution fundamentally changed how cultural heritage is
created, documented, analyzed, and preserved. The book focuses on this
transformation’s impact. How must museums and archives meet the
challenges of digitally generated cultures and how does the digital
revolution influence traditional object collection, research, and
education? How do digital technologies and digital art and culture
affect our interaction with images? Leading international experts from
various disciplines break new ground. Pioneering interdisciplinary
research results collected in this book are relevant to education,
curators and archivists in the arts and culture sector and in the
digital humanities.


New Reviews:
Danielle O‘ DONOVAN and Tom LONERGAN in: MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL [ICOM’s
peer-reviewed journal], No. 277-278, 2018, p. 176-177:
“Museum and Archive on the Move provides an excellent synopsis of
current thinking across the field. If you are planning a new museum or
archive, we recommend that you read this book first. In museology terms,
this book also offers thought-provoking aspirations and useful
criticisms.”
https://www.academia.edu/38549448/RevMusOnMov.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2fRox-IFRotl2VVCKLuFZ22hTPYuv_ISITuft3nUjWO0_QfZywdsOn4kE


Gabriela GALATI in: LEONARDO, December 2018: “The publication provides
an excellent overview on the current issues at stake in museums,
archives and institutions that need to deal with, but also hopefully can
profit from, the possibilities opened by either the digitalisation of
their collections, or the conservation and presentation of collections
of digital art or other media. In other words, it is a highly
recommended read to all professionals in the field.”
https://www.leonardo.info/review/2018/12/review-of-museum-and-archive-on-the-move-changing-cultural-institutions-in-the


Claudia ROTHKAMP in: Kommunikationsraum. Kompendium für Technik und
Design im Raum 02/2017 Digital: „Das vorliegende Buch ist definitiv eine
interessante und ausführliche Lektüre für alle, die wissen möchten, in
welche Richtung die Digitalisierung Museen und Archive verändern kann –
und vermutlich auch wird.“
https://www.kommunikationsraum.net/ausstellungenmuseen/buchtipp-museum-and-archive-on-the-move/

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